when it gets too dark to read
when your light has gone out
when the hunting constellations crack the winter sky
when you wanted that feeling (of not feeling) and
when all I could do was enjoy the freeze in my fingers
the blind cold against my cheeks like heavy hands
Part daydream, part cautionary tale, part dystopian nightmare, Lupercalia is a tiny poetry pamphlet that packs a powerful punch.
Jessica Halsey lives in Arkansas and is working toward earning a degree in Laboratory Science while she writes books about werewolves and fairies, a well as many strange poems. She loves birdwatching and performing venipuncture. Her spark bird is the Rose-Breasted Grosbeak and her house words are, “Is there blood on the floor?”